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Type | Private, boarding International school |
Motto | Floreat Scientia |
Established | 2007 |
Head of School | Penny Townsend [1] |
Grades | 7–12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Color(s) | Red, blue, and gold |
Athletics | Co-educational curricular activities |
Mascot | Lion |
Website | kingsacademy |
King's Academy (Arabic Translation: "كينغز أكاديمي") is an independent, co-educational boarding and day school for students in grades 7 to 12 in Madaba-Manja, Jordan. It is named in honor of King Abdullah II of Jordan and seeks to fulfill His Majesty's vision of producing "a new generation of enlightened and creative minds."[2]
King Abdullah attended high school at Deerfield Academy in the United States as there was no school of comparable standing in Jordan when he was a boy, but his son Crown Prince Hussein enrolled in the new school's second incoming class (2008). The school's first headmaster, Dr. Eric Widmer, was a past headmaster of Deerfield.[3]
The primary language of instruction at King's Academy is English. Both Arabic-speaking and non-Arabic-speaking students are required to study Arabic. The academy is a member of the G30 Schools group.[4]
The school is included in The Schools Index as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among top 15 schools in the Middle East.[5]